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Aidyo, ghosts in the forest
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of University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum, in The Louis Sarno Archive, Film; interview by Nick Lobley, fl. 2013 (Oxford, England: University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum), 1 min,
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The video clip shows Louis Sarno talking about meeting forest spirits in the rainforests of the Central African Republic, and is part of a series of video interviews with Louis that were recorded in April 2012. Bayaka believe in a divine creator, Kumba, who created the world and then retreated. Bayaka life in the...
of University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum, in The Louis Sarno Archive, Film; interview by Nick Lobley, fl. 2013 (Oxford, England: University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum), 1 min,
Source: web.prm.ox.ac.uk
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Fox Horn / Cherokee Song of Welcome (medley)
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produced by Jean Bell Thomas, 1882-1982; in American Folk Song Festival: Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman (Folkways Records, 1960), 2 mins
Created in 1931, the American Folk Song Festival helped Kentucky mountain singers share their music with the world. Perhaps more relevantly, it allowed the rest of the world to hear the music of these singers, including members of the Hatfield and McCoy families. This album was recorded in the 1950s, and feature...
produced by Jean Bell Thomas, 1882-1982; in American Folk Song Festival: Jean Thomas, The Traipsin' Woman (Folkways Records, 1960), 2 mins
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produced by Henrietta Yurchenco, 1916-2007; in Ballads, Wedding Songs and Piyyutim of the Sephardic Jews of Tetuan and Tangier, Morocco (Folkways Records, 1983), 3 mins
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Lord's Prayer
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performed by Bayanihan Phillippine Dance Company; in Bayanihan 6 (Monitor Records), 2 mins
performed by Bayanihan Phillippine Dance Company; in Bayanihan 6 (Monitor Records), 2 mins
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I'm Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table / Our Father: Prayer (medley)
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(1931); produced by Guy Carawan, 1927-2015; performed by Moving Star Hall Singers; in Been in the Storm So Long - Spirituals & Shouts, Children's Game Songs, and Folktales (Folkways Records, 1967), 6 mins

This recording was made over a period of two years to accompany a folklife study of the southern rural African-American community of Johns Island off the coast of South Carolina. Producer Guy Carawan documents the "rich oral tradition of folk expression" of Moving Star Hall, a central gathering place for communit...

(1931); produced by Guy Carawan, 1927-2015; performed by Moving Star Hall Singers; in Been in the Storm So Long - Spirituals & Shouts, Children's Game Songs, and Folktales (Folkways Records, 1967), 6 mins
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Bongo, Backra & Coolie: Jamaican Roots, Vol. 1
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produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins

Jamaican folk music blends African, European and East Indian (in dialect: Bongo, Backra and Coolie) roots into something distinctly Jamaican. Kumina, a magico-religious cult of predominantly rural peasantry, includes invocation of and possession by gods and ancestral spirits aided by songs and drumbeats. Convin...

produced by Kenneth M. Bilby, 1953- (Folkways Records, 1975), 40 mins
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Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea
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produced by Steven J. Feld (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2001), 3 hours 13 mins
Two generations of Bosavi musicians and 25 years of field recordings: a comprehensive and intimate musical portrait of life in a Papua New Guinea rainforest community. Includes the contemporary music of the youngest generation of guitar band composers, and performances of many traditional everyday and ritual sty...
produced by Steven J. Feld (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2001), 3 hours 13 mins
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Boyobi, the ceremony for the net hunt
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of University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum, in The Louis Sarno Archive, Film; interview by Nick Lobley, fl. 2013 (Oxford, England: University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum), 4 mins,
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The video clip shows Louis Sarno talking about recording Bayaka Boyobi ceremonies, and is part of a series of video interviews with Louis that were recorded in April 2012. Boyobis are Bayaka ceremonies that are often performed before net hunting. Women sing interlocking webs of polyphonic sound to entice the bobé...
of University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum, in The Louis Sarno Archive, Film; interview by Nick Lobley, fl. 2013 (Oxford, England: University of Oxford. Pitt Rivers Museum), 4 mins,
Source: web.prm.ox.ac.uk
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